Burnt out Bode

[MartinB]

M81 - Bodes galaxy. One of our observation targets for the month. I took some shorter exposures for the centre but they have ended up as bleached out as much as the longer ones. So, more practice needed but I'm quite pleased with the rest. It's a beautiful galaxy.

Martin

[OXO]

That is really nice Martin i am impressed matey plenty of detail there Great!

How are you finding the GOTO? and getting the image on the cameras Chip?..

James

[radioactive]

you certainly hit the target area Martin I can see you are becoming very good a dso work

[MartinB]

Thanks James. So far so good with the goto. It doesn't always bring it onto the chip (it is a very narrow field of view) so I sometimes have to unscrew everything to have a look through the EP. With the horsehead it came up on the chip which was fortunate cos I don't think I could have located it otherwise. I am trying to get hold of a fastar lens which is what Roger used with the Atik. It gives F1.9 so shorter exposures and wider field of view.

Martin

[MartinB]

Thanks Martyn. Far from good I think but the nice thing about being on a steep learning curve is that it is easier to improve

[CELESCOPE]

good go at that one Martin , dont knock yourself on that mate , its prob one of the hardest ones to get , its a right little devil to get right , for first time , its a good one

Rog

[MartinB]

Well done Martin, I would give anything just to view that through the ep, let alone anything else.... :?

Thanks Caz. That's the nice thing about using a long exposure camera. You can select the exposure time and K3CCDtools runs a continuously updating preview. Even just 5 seconds will bring out loads more detail than can be seen through the EP. Its magical.

Roger, nice to know it's not just me. Definitely on to work on!

Martin

[russ]

WOW Martin how long have you been imaging with that C8? It's only a couple of weeks and your getting images like this. Hmmm what on earth have I been doing for 3 years?

As Rog says, one of the hardest to get decent detail...but you've managed it really well.

Great job!

Russ

[MartinB]

Thanks Russ. Well you recommended the NS8 GPS to me and I am very grateful for that. The tracking is great and minimal effort to set up.

Caz, it may be possible one day you never know Until then there is the Mintron which is a ccd surveillance camera which gives a continually updating image and is supposed to have the effect of increasing your aperture by a factor of 5. This would give you a 40" scope!!!!!

Martin

[Naz]

And again Martin, another one for the bag, good image.

nabban